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Sunday, August 9, 2015

Call Of Immediate Meeting On Collective Historical Memory And Victims of Francoism

I got an e-mail two days ago from famous Spanish political blog Búscame en el ciclo de la vidabloggerMaría Torres,which detailed on how to join a socially organised protest against Francoists

in Spain.In this post,I have included the e-mail (only after obtaining permission from the blogger)

and you can join it in Madrid in the coming days.This post is especially for those who live in Spain and want to get involved directly in this protest and for humanists,protestants and the common peopleworldwide.I have included both the Spanish and English (Translated) version in this post.Hope this standsas the littlest I could do against this massively practised inhumane methods.Spanish Version

Dear companions,Memorialists and different groups of victims who have been fighting against impunity of Franco and the political and legal recognition of their victims years organizations, we get in touch with your group to convocaros to a national meeting of memorialists organizations and victims of Franco.As you know, unfortunately there are still more than 2,300 mass graves are buried our loved ones killed and more than 150,000 missing in the Spanish State, in addition to the thousands of disappeared in Exile Republican; still they not have been annulled illegal sentences that were used to murder thousands of Democrats, or imprison snatching years or even decades of his life. Similarly, the police tortured by Franco unpunished still see their executioners.To this must be added the thousands of Spaniards forced into exile after the war ended and they were deported to Nazi death camps where they were enslaved and murdered en masse; political prisoners in the Spanish State were subjected for years to slave labor or minor subject in orphanages preventoriums and extreme hardness, organized by the Women's Section of the Falange and the Spanish Catholic Church. And what about the hundreds of people who have a false identity and the many families amputated as a result of the theft of babies, initially directed against the Republican political prisoners continued throughout the late dictatorship and democracy. Unfortunately for the victims of Francoism, none of these crimes has been tried, victims also still not recognized politically and legally by the Spanish State, much less repaired. Until now.In the coming months we have to hold general elections and it is likely that a change of government, which we expect to occur and we want to be in a progressive direction, which should be an opportunity for the demands of the victims of Francoism are covered by the state. Nobody is aware that the current political situation is dominated by the tendency of the social majority to find an alternate real policy change, dominant trend that we want to contribute our efforts and demands, which are those of the victims of Francoism, that of their families and of all forms of association has taken this move by the recovery of the Democratic and Fascist memory.It is time to unite all our forces. So far there were repeated complaints, now we have to be a real force able to achieve our demands, "WITHOUT historical memory, there is no democracy." In these times when we talk about democratic regeneration, even arises the need for regime change and start a constituent process, the victims of Francoism and their organizations, different memorialists and collective human rights, we can not allow, at least without giving a tough battle, Franco remains legal, their crimes remain unpunished and that victims of Francoism still not recognized and repaired by the Spanish State. The political change in our country, again can not be forgotten and articulate about the legal helplessness of the victims of Francoism. Without memory there is no possible political change.Therefore, we propose the implementation of a national meeting of associations, organizations, platforms and any group that fights for the recovery of the Democratic and Fascist memory in this country, in which to discuss and agree on what are our demands and political demands, claims we will present to society and the political groups and coalitions for once and for all political recognition AND LEGAL FOR VICTIMS OF FRANCO STATE INSTITUTIONS AND CONVICTION OF FRANCO IN TERMS MADE BY THE UN.In this sense, we propose the following actions:1.- MEETING OF MEMORY to be held on Saturday October 17 in Madrid.➢ In the morning, the Assembly will be held partnership, in which each participant group will present its proposals and schedule of demonstrations.➢ In the afternoon the conclusions reached by the organizations participating in the meeting, after discussion and approval thereof shall be submitted, and should serve as a minimum document in which individual claims made by the memoirist and movement are collected Victims Franco to political candidates presented to the general election.It may be convenient, in different localities and territories of the Spanish state preparatory meetings of this national meeting be organized, in which participants approved the proposals and resolutions it deems appropriate, resolutions and proposals that may lead to the national meeting of the Memory discussion, and where appropriate, approval.2.- MARCH FOR MEMORY: We have to fight memorialista visible movement and our demands and requirements that are the subject of public debate ahead of the next elections. To this end, we propose to hold a march in Madrid and scheduled to be held in November.We hope that with this very character of promoting many more associations and organizations Memory join.Similarly, this call please spread between those organizations who may be interested and as soon as possible to confirm participation in the proposed event.Madrid, July 22, 2015.Associations that promote this meeting and demonstrations:➔ Platform against impunity of Franco➔ Association of Victims of State➔ Association of descendants of Spanish exile (member of the State Coordinator to support the Argentina-CeAqua Complaint)No ➔ Collective Identity Canarias (member of the Platform by the Commission of Truth)➔ Coordinator for Historical and Democratic Memory of Madrid➔ Federation of Forum for Memory➔ Andreu Nin Foundation (member of the State Coordinator to support Argentina-Ceaqua Complaint)➔ All stolen children are my children (member of the State Coordinator to support Argentina-Ceaqua Complaint)➔ The Commune.➔ Civic Union for the Republic (U.C.R.)➔ Club of Friends of Unesco in Madrid (CAUM)➔ Amesde (Memory and Social Democratic Association)Contact us to you to confirm your participation in the meeting and realize ourselves your suggestions:Email: encuentrodelamemoria@gmail.comAddress: Calle Carretas No. 14, 2nd H .-- 28012 MADRID.Phone: 610.25.24.00.